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23 Iffley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1EA

23/00734/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 8 June 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to certify that the existing large House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) is lawful development.

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Marys Ward
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Iffley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1EA. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Clement's and Iffley Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Marys Ward. We hold 1,723 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Oxford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX4 1EA
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2023
Consultation expiry
28 May 2023
Consultation start
24 April 2023
Consultation end
28 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 May 2023
Last date for comments
28 May 2023
Target decision date
12 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Knights Olympic House 995 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 3SE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2023
Site notice start
26 April 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00048/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3325184
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 August 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12053037
Documents
12
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St. Clement's And Iffley Road
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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